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Monday, April 9, 2018

It's Monday! What are you reading? 4-9-18

It's Monday! What are you reading? Is a wonderful community of readers, teachers, and librarians. Hosted by Jen over at Teach Mentor Texts along with Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers, participants share their reading adventures from the past week along with their reading plans for the week ahead.Last week I posted:Secondhand Heroes Blog TourI finished reading:Blood Water Paint by Joy McCulloughThis historical novel in verse takes place in the early 1600s and is about a young Italian artist named Artemisia Gentileschi who lost her mother at a young age and whose father gave her two options: go off to the convent or stay home as his assistant, where she basically paints all of his commissions for him. But when Artemisia finds herself the victim of rape, she must make another tough choice: remain silent or speak out and risk everything. An incredibly timely book despite taking place over 400 years ago. Some picture books I read and enjoyed last week:On Gull Beach by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Bob Marstall
This is the third book in a series, the first two books being On Bird Hill and On Duck Pond. This book is just as lovely as the first two.

Jessie Sima creates another brilliant, endearing story about the power of imagination. I especially love the fact that Harriet has two dads is incidental. It's just part of the story rather than the story itself, which is a beautiful commentary on the paradigm shift that has occurred in our culture.

I'm adding Blood, Water, Paint to my "want to read" list -- sounds like something I would really enjoy! I hope you're enjoying We Are Okay. Nina LaCour has such a way with words, even with very sad stories. Have a great reading week!

I was in a library last week where the teacher had his grade eight students doing research on renaissance artists. I noticed there were no women on the list. He said there were none who were famous! I did a quick search and left an article that highlighted five important renaissance artists on the screen. Artimisia was one of them! I must get this book!